A short history of Independent Methodism : a souvenir of the hundredth annual meeting of the Independent Methodist Churches, 1905 . ese men were John Fallows,Noah Draper, Joshua Fallows, Henry Foster, FlughHorrocks, Joseph Rothwell, Henry Rothwell, RichardVickers (whose youngest son, also named Richard, nowaged 76, is the oldest member of Folds Road congregationto-day) Thomas Waddington, sen., and Samuel number grew, and from the beginning they were intouch with Independent Methodist preachers at Leigh,Warrington and Manchester. The Society reported to theAnnual Meeting in May, at S
A short history of Independent Methodism : a souvenir of the hundredth annual meeting of the Independent Methodist Churches, 1905 . ese men were John Fallows,Noah Draper, Joshua Fallows, Henry Foster, FlughHorrocks, Joseph Rothwell, Henry Rothwell, RichardVickers (whose youngest son, also named Richard, nowaged 76, is the oldest member of Folds Road congregationto-day) Thomas Waddington, sen., and Samuel number grew, and from the beginning they were intouch with Independent Methodist preachers at Leigh,Warrington and Manchester. The Society reported to theAnnual Meeting in May, at Sheffield, the same year, and ioS BOLTON DISTRICT. formed one of 18 Churches, of which that meeting hadcognisance. Twelve months later the little company hadso grown that a room in . Grime Street was rented, andthere, a report of the period says, there came to preachsome who are willing to be imitators of Jesus, and do whatthey can without fee or temporal reward. Whilst inGrime Street they were joined by a body of members andteachers from Ebenezer New Connexion (now ChristChurch), who came out as a protest against the minority. BOLTOX NEW FOLDS ROAD. ruling the majority. A Chapel in King Street, formerlyused by the Baptists, was then occupied for worship, andpublic services held there. In 1822 there arose upon land in Folds Road, where therehad been a public-house bowling green, a chapel andschool, which were opened on the first Sunday in 1823, themorning preacher being Peter Phillips, of Warrington;afternoon, Mr. Redson, of Leeds ; evening, Mr. Stephenson,of Newcastle. The cause in its new premises grew. Ithad political opposition, as its nickname then of Radical BOLTON DISTRICT. rcg
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